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Lambda Literary Award For Children's And Young Adult Literature
The Lambda Literary Awards (also known as the "Lammys") are awarded yearly by the US-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works that celebrate or explore LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) themes. The organization is considered to be one of the main promoters of new and emerging LGBT writers. The Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature, one of the Lammys 25 awards, was introduced during the 2nd Lambda Literary Awards, when it was called "Young Adult/Children’s Book Award". After not being present in the 1991 ceremonies, the award returned in the 4th edition under the name "Children's/Young Adult Literature". Starting in 2007, it has been known as the "LGBTQ Children's/Young Adult" award. The 25th Lambda Literary Awards had a record number of submissions at the time. Due to the increased number of books submitted for evaluation, the judges of every category were encouraged to submit more finalists. After that, and since the 26th edition, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lambda Literary Awards
Lambda Literary Awards, also known as the "Lammys", are awarded yearly by Lambda Literary to recognize the crucial role LGBTQ writers play in shaping the world. The Lammys celebrate the very best in LGBTQ literature.The awards were instituted in 1989. The program has grown from 14 awards in early years to 24 awards today. Early categories such as HIV/AIDS literature were dropped as the prominence of the AIDS crisis within the gay community waned, and categories for bisexual and transgender literature were added as the community became more inclusive. In addition to the primary literary awards, Lambda Literary also presents a number of special awards. Award categories Current Notes 1 In both the bisexual and transgender categories, presentation may vary according to the number of eligible titles submitted in any given year. If the number of titles warrants, then separate awards are presented in either two (Fiction and Nonfiction, with the Fiction category inclusive of poetr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farrar, Straus And Giroux
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (FSG) is an American book publishing company, founded in 1946 by Roger Williams Straus Jr. and John C. Farrar. FSG is known for publishing literary books, and its authors have won numerous awards, including Pulitzer Prizes, National Book Awards, and Nobel Prizes. the publisher is a division of Macmillan, whose parent company is the German publishing conglomerate Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. Founding Farrar, Straus, and Company was founded in 1945 by Roger W. Straus Jr. and John C. Farrar. The first book was ''Yank: The G.I. Story of the War'', a compilation of articles that appeared in ''Yank, the Army Weekly'', then ''There Were Two Pirates'', a novel by James Branch Cabell. The first years of existence were rough until they published the diet book ''Look Younger, Live Longer'' by Gayelord Hauser in 1950. The book went on to sell 500,000 copies and Straus said that the book carried them along for a while. In the early years, Straus and his wife ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HarperCollins
HarperCollins Publishers LLC is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Macmillan. The company is headquartered in New York City and is a subsidiary of News Corp. The name is a combination of several publishing firm names: Harper & Row, an American publishing company acquired in 1987—whose own name was the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers (founded in 1817) and Row, Peterson & Company—together with Scottish publishing company William Collins, Sons (founded in 1819), acquired in 1989. The worldwide CEO of HarperCollins is Brian Murray. HarperCollins has publishing groups in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, India, and China. The company publishes many different imprints, both former independent publishing houses and new imprints. History Collins Harper Mergers and acquisitions Collins was bought by Rupert Murdoch's News Corpora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baby Be-Bop
''Baby Be-Bop'' is the fifth book in the '' Dangerous Angels'' series by Francesca Lia Block. It was first published during September 1995 through HarperCollins Publishers. ''Baby Be-Bop'' takes place prior to the events in '' Weetzie Bat'' and follows Weetzie's best friend, Dirk McDonald. Plot Even though readers first meet Dirk McDonald in ''Weetzie Bat,'' Block explores his past in ''Baby Be-Bop''. Dirk had a magical childhood while growing up in the care of his Grandma Fifi. Despite enjoying the beach, surfing, and Grandma Fifi's 1955 Pontiac convertible, Dirk was not truly happy because he had a secret. Dirk worried that if he told anyone this secret, he would no longer be accepted or loved. One night, Dirk's magic lamp comes to life and shows him all the stories from the past. After coming to terms with who he is, Dirk accepts himself and learns that "any love that is love is right." Challenged status In 2009 an attempt was made to remove the book from the youth secti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Lambda Literary Awards
The 8th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1996 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1995. Special awards Nominees and winners References External links 8th Lambda Literary Awards {{Lambda Literary Awards Lambda Literary Awards, 08 1996 literary awards, Lambda Lists of LGBT-related award winners and nominees 1996 in LGBT history 1996 awards in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Flowers (book)
''Tiger Flowers'' is a 1994 picture book written by Patricia Quinlan and illustrated by Janet Wilson. It tells the story of a young boy who reflects on his memories of his uncle who has recently died from AIDS. It was published by Dial Books for Young Readers on May 1, 1994. Critics generally praised the book for presenting the difficult topics of AIDS and death to a younger audience, as well as Wilson's illustrations. It was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature in 1995. Synopsis Joel, a young boy, is grieving after the death of his uncle Michael from AIDS-related complications. As he explains the death to his younger sister Tara, he remembers the things he and Michael did together: building a tree house, planting tiger lilies in the garden, and attending a baseball game with Peter, Michael's companion. Michael had moved in with Joel's family after Peter died from AIDS. Joel is comforted by his mother, who tells him that the grief w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infobase Publishing
Infobase Publishing is an American publisher of reference book titles and textbooks geared towards the North American library, secondary school, and university-level curriculum markets. Infobase operates a number of prominent imprints, including Facts On File, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Chelsea House (which also serves as the imprint for the special collection series, "Bloom's Literary Criticism" under the direction of literary critic Harold Bloom), and Ferguson Publishing. History The private equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson bought Facts on File and Chelsea House in 2005. Infobase bought Films for the Humanities & Sciences in 2007 and the ''World Almanac'' in 2009. In 2017, Infobase acquired The Mailbox lesson plans and ''Learning'' magazine. Veronis Suhler Stevenson sold Infobase to another private equity firm, Centre Lane Partners, in 2018. As well as nonfiction works in print, Infobase and its imprints publish a selection of works in di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutton Children's Books
Dutton Children's Books is a US publisher of children's books and a division of the Penguin Group. It is associated with the Dutton adult division. It was previously an imprint of E.P. Dutton, prior to 1986. They have been publishing books since 1852. Dutton has published the Winnie-the-Pooh books by A.A. Milne in the USA since the 1920s and in Canada since the 2000s. Award-winning titles Caldecott Medal * 1973: '' The Funny Little Woman'' retold by Arlene Mosel, illustrated by Blair Lent * 1998: ''Rapunzel'', retold and illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky Caldecott Honor Books * 1946: '' Sing Mother Goose'' by Opal Wheeler, illustrated by Marjorie Torrey * 1947: '' Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns'' by Opal Wheeler, illustrated by Marjorie Torrey * 1983: ''When I was Young in the Mountains'' by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Diane Goode* 1984: ''Hansel and Gretel'' retold by Rika Lesser, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky * 1987: ''Rumpelstiltskin'' by Pau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyson Books
Alyson Books, formerly known as Alyson Publications, was a book publishing house which specialized in LGBT fiction and non-fiction. Former publisher Don Weise described it as "the world's oldest and largest publisher of LGBT literature" and "the home of award-winning books in the areas of memoir, history, humor, commercial fiction, mystery, and erotica, among many others".Weise 2009. History Founded in Boston in 1980 by Sasha Alyson, Alyson Publications began in 1990 to sell LGBT-themed children's books, entitled ''Alyson Wonderland''. It was acquired by Liberation Publications in 1995 and sold to Regent Entertainment Media, Inc. in 2008, and in November, as Alyson Books, named Don Weise its publisher. He has written of his commitment to Alyson's traditional areas of specialisation, but has stated that he is keen also to embrace "more serious nonfiction—particularly in the areas of current affairs, politics, self-help, and autobiography—as well as literary fiction and wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harper (publisher)
Harper is an American publishing house, the flagship imprint of global publisher HarperCollins based in New York City. History J. & J. Harper (1817–1833) James Harper and his brother John, printers by training, started their book publishing business J. & J. Harper in New York City in 1817. Their two brothers, Joseph Wesley and Fletcher, joined them in the mid-1820s. Harper & Brothers (1833–1962) The company changed its name to "Harper & Brothers" in 1833. The headquarters of the publishing house were located at 331 Pearl Street, facing Franklin Square in Lower Manhattan (about where the Manhattan approach to the Brooklyn Bridge lies today). Harper & Brothers began publishing ''Harper's New Monthly Magazine'' in New York City in 1850. The brothers also published ''Harper's Weekly'' (starting in New York City in June 1857), '' Harper's Bazar'' (starting in New York City in November 2, 1867), and ''Harper's Young People'' (starting in New York City in 1879). George B. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Lambda Literary Awards
The 7th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1995 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1994. Special awards Nominees and winners External links 7th Lambda Literary Awards {{Lambda Literary Awards 07 Lambda Lambda (}, ''lám(b)da'') is the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiced alveolar lateral approximant . In the system of Greek numerals, lambda has a value of 30. Lambda is derived from the Phoenician Lamed . Lambda gave ri ... Lists of LGBT-related award winners and nominees 1995 in LGBT history 1995 awards in the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6th Lambda Literary Awards
The 6th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1994, to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1993. Special awards Nominees and winners External links 6th Lambda Literary Awards {{Lambda Literary Awards 06 Lambda Lambda (}, ''lám(b)da'') is the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiced alveolar lateral approximant . In the system of Greek numerals, lambda has a value of 30. Lambda is derived from the Phoenician Lamed . Lambda gave ri ... Lists of LGBT-related award winners and nominees 1994 in LGBT history 1994 awards in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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